Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Lewes › Neighbourhood East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs › Postcode BN2 8PJ What's changing near BN2 8PJ Within 2 km, around East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs in Lewes. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
88 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
9 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.8% like-for-like prices in East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs, 2024 → 2025 (council +0.6%)
+1% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 6 new homes completed flats · Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 17 new homes completed houses · May 2025
May 2025 New homes 42 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024
Oct 2024 Planning permission Permission for 9 homes Mayfield Court Lustrells Vale Saltdean Brighton BN2 8FY (other)
Jul 2024 New school Feb 2022 New school Feb 2022 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 9 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
22 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 57 m²
39 since energy certificates began (2008)
6 in BN2 8PJ itself
Extended certificate 2026 Extended certificate 2026 Extended certificate 2025 Extended certificate 2024 Extended certificate 2017 Extended
Storm overflows within 2 km 3 storm overflows within 2 km
138 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
42 spill events counted
Southern Water Marine Drive Sewage Pumping Station into The English Channel · near bathing water: Saltdean; Rottingdean Beach; Seaford 36 spills, 120 hours in 2025
1.5 km away Southern Water Portobello Sewage Pumping Station into The English Channel · near bathing water: Saltdean; Rottingdean Beach; Seaford 6 spills, 18 hours in 2025
1.5 km away Southern Water Portobello Sewage Pumping Station into The English Channel · near bathing water: Saltdean; Rottingdean Beach 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.5 km away Environment Agency event duration monitoring, 2025 annual return (OGL; © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026). Overflows release diluted sewage into rivers and the sea when sewers are overwhelmed, mostly after heavy rain.
Solar, wind and battery projects within 10 km 0 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (26 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Running nearest: Beddingham 'B' Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 7.2 km); North Quay ERF (energy from waste, 8.5 km).
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Road and street works within 1 km 5 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned Lustrells Crescent, Brighton Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN WATER · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Minor Hartfield Road, Saltdean Highway repair and maintenance works · EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Bevendean Avenue, Saltdean Highway repair and maintenance works · EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Hamsey Road, Saltdean Highway repair and maintenance works · EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Springfield Avenue, Telscombe Cliffs Highway repair and maintenance works · EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Jul 2014 Planning Inspectorate list of nationally significant infrastructure projects (roads, railways, energy, water, waste), October 2026 (OGL). Each is placed at one point, usually the middle of the site; long schemes run well beyond it.
Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Spotted when a home's energy certificate shows at least 15 m² (and 15%) more floor area than an earlier one. Only homes with two certificates show up, so the real number is higher. A busy street suggests extensions get permission here; check the council's planning register for the details.